Faculty of Art

Criticism and Curatorial Practice

Ella Taylor

Turf Wars: Painting the Complexities of Place

Critical essay written in response to the exhibition 'Turf Wars' for the Hamilton Artists Inc..https://www.theinc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Taylor_Turf-Wars-Essay.pdf

“Working in different styles and mediums, the exhibiting artists of "Turf Wars" each push the boundaries oflandscape painting to acknowledge the complex entanglements of people in their environment. The artworks foster understanding — and even reimagining — of presence in place.”